Hymn 31 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A AAAA BABA CACA ADAD AEAECondescending grace | A |
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Psa | A |
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When the Eternal bows the skies | A |
To visit earthly things | A |
With scorn divine he turns his eyes | A |
From towers of haughty kings | A |
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He bids his aweful chariot roll | B |
Far downward from the skies | A |
To visit every humble soul | B |
With pleasure in his eyes | A |
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Why should the Lord that reigns above | C |
Disdain so lofty kings | A |
Say Lord and why such looks of love | C |
Upon such worthless things | A |
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Mortals be dumb what creature dares | A |
Dispute his aweful will | D |
Ask no account of his affairs | A |
But tremble and be still | D |
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Just like his nature is his grace | A |
All sovereign and all free | E |
Great God how searchless are thy ways | A |
How deep thy judgments be | E |
Isaac Watts
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